$10,600 Main Event
Day 3 Started
$10,600 Main Event
Day 3 Started
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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7 | 1 | Aaron Lim | Australia | 188,200 | 78 |
7 | 2 | Mel Judah | Australia | 47,800 | 20 |
7 | 3 | Gareth Pepper | Australia | 121,500 | 51 |
7 | 4 | Daniel Neilson | Australia | 208,100 | 87 |
7 | 5 | Dean Blatt | Australia | 206,100 | 86 |
7 | 6 | Ken Demlakian | Australia | 99,900 | 42 |
7 | 7 | Yin Liu | China | 92,300 | 38 |
7 | 8 | Daniel Laidlaw | Australia | 57,800 | 24 |
8 | 1 | Martin Finger | Germany | 80,000 | 33 |
8 | 2 | Nino Marotta | Australia | 92,000 | 38 |
8 | 3 | Sean Ragozzini | Australia | 102,900 | 43 |
8 | 4 | David Leas | Australia | 201,700 | 84 |
8 | 5 | Najeem Ajez | Australia | 522,100 | 218 |
8 | 6 | Kishore Kumar | Australia | 124,600 | 52 |
8 | 7 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | 419,900 | 175 |
8 | 8 | Nicholas Howard | United States | 97,700 | 41 |
9 | 1 | Brendan Hurtig | Australia | 132,800 | 55 |
9 | 2 | Ari Engel | Canada | 334,000 | 139 |
9 | 3 | Qiu Wenjian | China | 137,400 | 57 |
9 | 4 | Tristan Bain | Australia | 123,200 | 51 |
9 | 5 | Louis Salter | United Kingdom | 69,200 | 29 |
9 | 6 | Anthony Luong | Australia | 66,900 | 28 |
9 | 7 | Beau Palmer | Australia | 226,000 | 94 |
9 | 8 | Raphael Tenenbaum | Australia | 73,000 | 30 |
10 | 1 | Sherif Derias | Australia | 68,100 | 28 |
10 | 2 | Julian Powell | Australia | 41,300 | 17 |
10 | 3 | Duncan Packington | Australia | 210,100 | 88 |
10 | 4 | Eli Loewenthal | United States | 81,900 | 34 |
10 | 5 | Marton Czuczor | Hungary | 37,600 | 16 |
10 | 6 | David Stonehouse | United Kingdom | 112,100 | 47 |
10 | 7 | Harry Demetriou | United Kingdom | 141,400 | 59 |
10 | 8 | Jarred Graham | Australia | 146,100 | 61 |
25 | 1 | Zdravko Duvnjak | Croatia | 84,600 | 35 |
25 | 2 | Kah Boon Teh | Malaysia | 131,500 | 55 |
25 | 3 | Stefan Huber | Switzerland | 155,100 | 65 |
25 | 4 | David Hanlon | Australia | 37,500 | 16 |
25 | 5 | Haoran Zhang | Australia | 143,200 | 60 |
25 | 6 | Nicholas Wright | Australia | 187,300 | 78 |
25 | 7 | Duff Charette | Canada | 238,400 | 99 |
25 | 8 | Craig Mason | United States | 19,700 | 8 |
26 | 1 | Gary Tomes | Australia | 92,500 | 39 |
26 | 2 | Jesse Sylvia | United States | 31,700 | 13 |
26 | 3 | Duy Ho | United States | 471,700 | 197 |
26 | 5 | Corentin Hillion | France | 123,700 | 52 |
26 | 6 | Jamie Sadlier | Australia | 87,500 | 36 |
26 | 7 | Rinaldo Piastrino | Australia | 143,100 | 60 |
26 | 8 | Ross Grammer | Australia | 222,000 | 93 |
27 | 1 | Farhad Mohajerani | Iran | 157,600 | 66 |
27 | 2 | Michael Smith | Canada | 98,000 | 41 |
27 | 3 | [Removed:321] Sharifkazemi | United Kingdom | 70,400 | 29 |
27 | 4 | Tung Nguyen | Australia | 141,100 | 59 |
27 | 5 | Brandon Ageloff | United States | 126,300 | 53 |
27 | 6 | Anthony Hachem | Australia | 290,900 | 121 |
27 | 7 | Edel Maher | Australia | 56,100 | 23 |
27 | 8 | Rory Young | Australia | 160,000 | 67 |
28 | 1 | Rob Raymond | Australia | 70,300 | 29 |
28 | 2 | Michael Hahn | United States | 136,200 | 57 |
28 | 3 | Ludovic Riehl | France | 191,400 | 80 |
28 | 4 | Kim Au | Australia | 106,400 | 44 |
28 | 5 | Artur Koren | Australia | 147,600 | 62 |
28 | 6 | Ashley Whitfield | United Kingdom | 69,100 | 29 |
28 | 7 | Jonas Lauck | Germany | 189,000 | 79 |
28 | 8 | Kahle Burns | Australia | 201,500 | 84 |
29 | 1 | Taylor Black | United States | 107,900 | 45 |
29 | 2 | David Loonstra | Australia | 41,100 | 17 |
29 | 3 | Ashley Sleeth | United States | 34,900 | 15 |
29 | 4 | Matt Rolfe | Australia | 279,900 | 117 |
29 | 5 | Saijes Mundadan | Australia | 41,000 | 17 |
29 | 6 | Tim Wei | Australia | 112,900 | 47 |
29 | 7 | Jack O'Neill | United Kingdom | 159,800 | 67 |
29 | 8 | Liam O'Rourke | Ireland | 243,900 | 102 |
30 | 1 | Matthew Moss | United Kingdom | 188,600 | 79 |
30 | 2 | Tony Tartaglia | Australia | 123,600 | 52 |
30 | 3 | Peter Mordaunt | Australia | 65,000 | 27 |
30 | 4 | Paul Michaelis | Germany | 37,300 | 16 |
30 | 5 | Panayotis Flourentzou | Australia | 110,500 | 46 |
30 | 6 | Matt Salsberg | United States | 133,400 | 56 |
30 | 7 | Xiangxiang Ni | China | 276,500 | 115 |
30 | 8 | Gurpreet Lubana | Canada | 198,500 | 83 |
31 | 1 | Espen Solaas | Norway | 207,900 | 87 |
31 | 2 | Ize Bourne | Australia | 32,100 | 13 |
31 | 3 | Arne Ruge | Germany | 204,900 | 85 |
31 | 4 | Sarah Bilney | Australia | 55,700 | 23 |
31 | 5 | Xiaojun Zhang | Australia | 187,000 | 78 |
31 | 6 | Lee Armstrong | Australia | 284,400 | 119 |
31 | 7 | Yosuke Sekiya | Japan | 88,400 | 37 |
31 | 8 | Michael Tchong | Australia | 190,400 | 79 |
32 | 1 | Con Krousoratis | Australia | 197,000 | 82 |
32 | 2 | Justin Victor | Australia | 148,500 | 62 |
32 | 3 | Mike Del Vecchio | United States | 104,500 | 44 |
32 | 4 | [Removed:415] | Australia | 219,100 | 91 |
32 | 5 | Fedor Holz | Austria | 71,100 | 30 |
32 | 6 | Joseph Foleti | Australia | 74,800 | 31 |
32 | 7 | Andreas Klatt | Germany | 59,300 | 25 |
32 | 8 | Tobias Hausen | Germany | 159,000 | 66 |
33 | 2 | Barry Long | Australia | 47,500 | 20 |
33 | 3 | Bobby Zhang | Australia | 150,100 | 63 |
33 | 4 | Casey Kastle | Slovenia | 94,000 | 39 |
33 | 5 | Antonino Cascio | Australia | 249,000 | 104 |
33 | 6 | Aki Pyysing | Finland | 271,600 | 113 |
33 | 7 | Daniel Hachem | Australia | 198,900 | 83 |
33 | 8 | Timothy Mitchell | United Kingdom | 52,600 | 22 |
41 | 1 | Hung-Sheng Lin | Taiwan | 124,000 | 52 |
41 | 2 | Vincent Chua | Australia | 128,300 | 53 |
41 | 3 | Martin Jacobson | Sweden | 92,200 | 38 |
41 | 4 | Arif Mustafa | Australia | 284,900 | 119 |
41 | 5 | Jan Pettersson | Australia | 455,500 | 190 |
41 | 6 | Joseph Abdulnour | Australia | 121,800 | 51 |
41 | 7 | Martin Rowe | Australia | 129,400 | 54 |
41 | 8 | Jack Brown | Australia | 114,100 | 48 |
44 | 1 | Robert Lieu | Australia | 108,800 | 45 |
44 | 2 | Takao Shimizu | Japan | 154,600 | 64 |
44 | 3 | Scott Davies | United States | 87,400 | 36 |
44 | 4 | Ludovic Geilich | United Kingdom | 218,200 | 91 |
44 | 5 | Ami Barer | Canada | 202,400 | 84 |
44 | 6 | Milton Trickey | Australia | 171,700 | 72 |
44 | 7 | Benjamin Richardson | Australia | 178,500 | 74 |
44 | 8 | Darwin Lai | Hong Kong | 147,400 | 61 |
45 | 1 | Michael Egan | Australia | 164,400 | 69 |
45 | 2 | Chen An Lin | Taiwan | 205,400 | 86 |
45 | 3 | Eddie Puia | Australia | 160,900 | 67 |
45 | 4 | Dennis Huntly | Australia | 94,400 | 39 |
45 | 5 | Jonathan Karamalikis | Australia | 147,600 | 62 |
45 | 6 | Rody Kaka | Australia | 30,600 | 13 |
45 | 7 | Lukas Soucek | Czech Republic | 56,600 | 24 |
45 | 8 | Julian Stuer | Germany | 120,000 | 50 |
46 | 1 | Giuseppe Reina | Australia | 64,700 | 27 |
46 | 2 | Nick Solomos | Australia | 233,700 | 97 |
46 | 3 | Chi Thinh Nguyen | Vietnam | 73,000 | 30 |
46 | 4 | Hon Cheong Lee | Hong Kong | 58,900 | 25 |
46 | 5 | Chris Kostoulas | United States | 228,700 | 95 |
46 | 6 | Glen Cymbaluk | Canada | 265,300 | 111 |
46 | 7 | Brian Payne | Australia | 190,900 | 80 |
46 | 8 | Jason Pritchard | Australia | 80,000 | 33 |
47 | 1 | Cale Treacy | Australia | 176,200 | 73 |
47 | 2 | Tu Lan | China | 132,000 | 55 |
47 | 3 | James Broom | Australia | 319,500 | 133 |
47 | 4 | Federico Butteroni | Italy | 103,700 | 43 |
47 | 5 | Johan Schumacher | Belgium | 265,600 | 111 |
47 | 6 | Marc Macdonnell | Ireland | 296,700 | 124 |
47 | 7 | Joshua Abady | United States | 83,100 | 35 |
47 | 8 | Adrian Indovino | Australia | 93,600 | 39 |
48 | 1 | Paawan Bansal | India | 98,100 | 41 |
48 | 2 | Darryl Lapthorne | Australia | 61,000 | 25 |
48 | 3 | Matthew Wakeman | Australia | 198,000 | 83 |
48 | 4 | James Hopkins | Australia | 429,500 | 179 |
48 | 5 | Max Young | United States | 120,100 | 50 |
48 | 6 | Szymon Wysocki | Poland | 397,300 | 166 |
48 | 7 | James Romero | United States | 25,000 | 10 |
48 | 8 | Alessandro Furneri | Italy | 223,400 | 93 |
49 | 1 | John Parker | Australia | 195,100 | 81 |
49 | 2 | Kabeelan Rajamurthy | Australia | 82,700 | 34 |
49 | 3 | Craig Zwies | Australia | 112,300 | 47 |
49 | 4 | Frank Pezzaniti | Australia | 480,000 | 200 |
49 | 5 | Peter Aristidou | Australia | 48,400 | 20 |
49 | 6 | Chul-Hyon Park | Australia | 371,300 | 155 |
49 | 7 | James Clarke | United Kingdom | 155,300 | 65 |
49 | 8 | Toby Lewis | United Kingdom | 144,400 | 60 |
800 players entered, 158 players remain and 88 of them will finish in the money. Day 3 of the record-breaking 2018 Aussie Millions Main Event is the money day, with each of the last 88 standing guaranteed at least AUD$15,000 for their three-day survival. At 12:30 p.m. local time, cards will be in the air for what's sure to be another long and hotly contested day for the biggest prize pool in the Southern hemisphere.
Leading the way are two locals: Najeem Ajez (522,100) and Frank Pezzaniti (480,000). Ajez is a regular face in the crowd here, with cashes at the Aussie Millions dating all the way back to 2012. Despite a fistful of cashes in smaller events, Ajez has yet to score his first Main Event cash, and he's put himself in prime position to do so. Pezzaniti finished 32nd last year and is looking to improve onto that already impressive performance.
Notables in the hunt include former champions Ari Engel (334,000) and Ami Barer (202,400). Plenty of other big names from around the globe are looking to win the record-breaking edition, including Sam Grafton (419,900), Kahle Burns (201,500), Jonas Lauck (189,000), Jonathan Karamalikis (147,600) and Fedor Holz (71,100).
Seven levels of 90 minutes await the players on Day 3 in the Crown Casino in Melbourne, with much-needed 15-minute breaks scheduled after each level to reenergize. The blinds will start at 1,200/2,400 with a running ante of 400 and the long day will wrap up around 2 a.m. in the night.
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Day 3 Blind Structure
Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
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13 | 1,200 | 2,400 | 400 |
14 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 500 |
15 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 500 |
16 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 500 |
17 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 1,000 |
18 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 |
19 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Cards are in the air for the remaining 158 players on Day 3 of the record-breaking Aussie Millions Main Event.
Stefan Huber raised to 5,200 from early position and short stack David Hanlon three-bet all in from one seat over for 16 big blinds, which Huber snap-called.
David Hanlon:
Stefan Huber:
The board ran out and Hanlon headed to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stefan Huber | 190,000 | 34,900 |
David Hanlon | Busted |
Live streaming on Twitch with Jason Somerville and friends starts today, and they could not have picked a better table to start off proceedings, with former Aussie Millions winner Ari Engel up under the lights.
"I'm good," said Engel. "I'm running good in Australia and hopefully I can keep it up. There are tons of people left so I hope to still be here by the next level.
"I'll just take it one hand at a time!"
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ari Engel
|
334,000 |
Martin Jacobson's table was the first to break, but he still had time to win a substantial pot off of Jack Brown.
On a flop, Jacobson check-called a bet of 7,800 and then bet 12,000 himself on the turn. Jacobson reverted to checking on the river and Brown bet 23,000. Jacobson called, and took down the pot without showdown after Brown mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Martin Jacobson
|
135,000 | 42,800 |
Jack Brown | 75,000 | -39,100 |
Chi Thinh Nguyen shoved in the cutoff over an open from his right by Nick Solomos. Solomos had made it 5,100 and he quickly called for 50,600.
Nguyen:
Solomos:
The board ran out , not enough improvement for Nguyen.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nick Solomos | 285,000 | 51,300 |
Chi Thinh Nguyen | Busted |
James Hopkins raised to 5,200 and short stack James Romero three-bet all in from the cutoff for his last 22,000 to pick up an instant call from Hopkins.
James Romero:
James Hopkins:
The hopes of a comeback for Romero were crushed immediately on the flop and the turn and river failed to improve Romero.
Jason Pritchard followed right after from a nearby table when his nut flush draw with bricked off against the turned straight of Chris Kostoulas.
Last but not least, Ludovic Geilich tried to force off Yuen Lai from a flopped set of fours when picking up a flush draw on the turn with to forfeit a big portion of his stack with the board eventually running out .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Hopkins | 460,000 | 30,500 |
Chris Kostoulas
|
305,000 | 76,300 |
Darwin Lai | 295,000 | 147,600 |
Ludovic Geilich | 65,000 | -153,200 |
Jason Pritchard | Busted | |
James Romero
|
Busted |